Lloyd Shepherd
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Books like The English Monster. Podcasts at The Curiously Specific Book Club
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Sensible decision. The Bonapartist menace still stalks the continent.
Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Sensible decision. The Bonapartist menace still stalks the continent.
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Westminster Council has shut down its computer networks following a cybersecurity issue.
www.westminster.gov.uk
www.westminster.gov.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Westminster Council has shut down its computer networks following a cybersecurity issue.
www.westminster.gov.uk
www.westminster.gov.uk
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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November 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Pleased to hear that Cardiff University’s Professor Richard Sambrook has been appointed as an independent advisor to review the work of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee. The right man for the job.
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Pleased to hear that Cardiff University’s Professor Richard Sambrook has been appointed as an independent advisor to review the work of the BBC’s editorial guidelines and standards committee. The right man for the job.
The list itself is funnier than about a third of the movies included.
Making a list so bad people will actually share it is a high art, and including quite so many films that aren't actually comedies but just have 'some jokes in there somewhere' is a masterful contribution:
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The list itself is funnier than about a third of the movies included.
Increasingly - and not in a good way - Starmer is reminding me of Gordon Brown when he became PM. Deeply aware of his own shortcomings as a media communicator, schooled by low-wattage advisers in How To Speak Normal, turning into a massive weirdo. It will end the same way it did for Brown.
November 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Increasingly - and not in a good way - Starmer is reminding me of Gordon Brown when he became PM. Deeply aware of his own shortcomings as a media communicator, schooled by low-wattage advisers in How To Speak Normal, turning into a massive weirdo. It will end the same way it did for Brown.
The Life of Chuck reminded me why I love Stephen King, the soppy sentimental bastard.
November 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
The Life of Chuck reminded me why I love Stephen King, the soppy sentimental bastard.
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type for books used to be set using little metal letters built into words in racks and then inked and pressed on to paper. If you had stock phrases you wanted to reuse a lot you could make a cast of them called a ‘stereotype’. The sound of them *clicking* into place, in French, is ‘cliché’
Man, everything is so bleak, anyone got a fun fact or little bit of trivia they want to share
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
type for books used to be set using little metal letters built into words in racks and then inked and pressed on to paper. If you had stock phrases you wanted to reuse a lot you could make a cast of them called a ‘stereotype’. The sound of them *clicking* into place, in French, is ‘cliché’
Ok I finally gave Exorcist II a try after decades of resisting, hoping for some ‘how bad can it be really?’ revisionism. I lasted 30 minutes.
November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Ok I finally gave Exorcist II a try after decades of resisting, hoping for some ‘how bad can it be really?’ revisionism. I lasted 30 minutes.
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A society that was doing well culturally, politically, intellectually would show zero interest in Curtis Yarvin
November 19, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A society that was doing well culturally, politically, intellectually would show zero interest in Curtis Yarvin
I read ‘make Norwood interactive’ as suggesting she was going to open an AI hub on Beulah Hill.
The UK-based former actress Eline van der Velden on the backlash to her ‘Bafta-optimised’ creation, the benefits of AI and her plan to make Norwood interactive
I invented the AI actress Tilly Norwood. She’s no threat to Hollywood
www.thetimes.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I read ‘make Norwood interactive’ as suggesting she was going to open an AI hub on Beulah Hill.
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Reading about the Cagots, who were savagely persecuted for centuries despite lacking "any distinct physical or cultural traits differentiating them from the general population". Not race, not religion. They were ostracised just because they were people that you ostracised
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
Cagot - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Reading about the Cagots, who were savagely persecuted for centuries despite lacking "any distinct physical or cultural traits differentiating them from the general population". Not race, not religion. They were ostracised just because they were people that you ostracised
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cagot
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Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
Something good comes along, then it’s gone: Farewell, Todd Snider.
When I moved to East Nashville in 2012, legend had it that if you wanted to find Todd Snider, all you had to do was go to Drifter’s BBQ in Five Points, and he’d be there at the bar. Nashville always h...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Wrote about Todd Snider, East Nashville and how the more things change, the more they change.
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
www.dontrocktheinbox.com/something-go...
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I know the pope is of mixed heritage, but it’s hard to imagine there’s not some Manc in there
November 16, 2025 at 11:31 AM
I know the pope is of mixed heritage, but it’s hard to imagine there’s not some Manc in there
Outstanding piece on the BBC crisis by someone who knows the place inside out, Ceri Thomas. This rings entirely true to me. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Boardroom dramas, backstabbing and the BBC‘s darkest hour | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Outstanding piece on the BBC crisis by someone who knows the place inside out, Ceri Thomas. This rings entirely true to me. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Sad news about Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline is the bomb. youtu.be/jajyOBf4_vw?...
Conservative Christian, Right Wing Republician, Straight, White, American Males (Purple Version)
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sad news about Todd Snider, East Nashville Skyline is the bomb. youtu.be/jajyOBf4_vw?...
I only saw Todd Snider live once - at the Borderline, with my son. It would have been about the time of this performance. So sad to lose him, but remember him like this.
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
Todd Snider - Double Wide Blues
YouTube video by Boulder House Concert
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I only saw Todd Snider live once - at the Borderline, with my son. It would have been about the time of this performance. So sad to lose him, but remember him like this.
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
youtu.be/-l1p6QHK8ew?...
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Welp, confirmed. Incredibly sad. RIP Todd
November 15, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Welp, confirmed. Incredibly sad. RIP Todd
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=X73b...
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
“Like a Force of Nature” - Todd Snider ft. Jason Isbell (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Todd Snider
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:24 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X73b...
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
“May you always play your music loud enough to wake up all of your neighbours / Or may you play at least loud enough to always wake yourself up”
RIP Todd Snider
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Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Starmer isn't Britain's worst ever prime minister, but he is Labour's worst ever prime minister and it's not even close
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it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
it's on miro. it's literally on figma. you have to log into okta. it's in jira. it's on zoom. it's on pureref. it's on flow. it's on perforce. it's on slack. you can find it on slack. you can go to slack and find it. log onto slack right now. you can slack it. slack has it for you. it's on slack.